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8:30 AM ET, August 22, 2012

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Prince Harry / TMZ.com:
Prince Harry — Naked Photos of Las Vegas Rager Leaked  —  During Vegas Rager  —  Prince Harry put the crown jewels on display in Vegas this weekend ... getting BARE ASS NAKED during a game of strip billiards with a room full of friends in his VIP suite.  —  It all went down Friday night during …
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Nancy Dillon / NY Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO Prince Harry races Ryan Lochte at 3 a.m. in Vegas pool full of bikini-clad girls  —  Royal jumped in water at Wynn hotel's XS Nighclub pool and races Lochte as 5,000 revelers look on  —  Shirtless but still wearing his jeans, Prince Harry (c.) plunged into a Las Vegas pool …
Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
Avril Lavigne Engaged to Nickelback's Chad Kroeger  —  Whoa, Canada!  —  Avril Lavigne and Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger's relationship has been so quiet that few even knew they were dating.  Now, after a six-month courtship, the Canadian rockers are engaged to be married, Lavigne's rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.
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Perez Hilton:
Avril Lavigne & Nickelback's Chad Kroeger Are ENGAGED!
Discussion: omg!
TMZ.com:
Michael Strahan To Join “Live” with Kelly Ripa  —  To Join “Live”  —  With Kelly Ripa  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  Michael Strahan was picked to partner with Kelly Ripa on her morning syndicated show ... this according to staffers at ABC in New York City.
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Ben Grossman / Broadcasting & Cable:
Exclusive: Michael Strahan to Be Named Cohost of ‘Live!’  Alongside Kelly Ripa  —  Former NFL star and current Fox Sports personality will assume ABC chair formerly held by Regis Philbin  —  ABC is expected to announce in early September that Michael Strahan will take over as the cohost of Live! …
Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:   If Strahan lands ‘Live!’ gig he'll still keep Fox Sports job
Josh Grossberg / E! Online:
NEWS/Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes Are Officially Divorced  —  Frazer Harrison/Getty Images, Dave Allocca/StarTraks  —  Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' five-year marriage is officially over.  —  The couple's divorce case was closed on Monday after a New York judge signed off on the final judgment …
Discussion: Daily Mail, Hollyscoop and Us Weekly
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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes Divorce Is Finalized
Discussion: Hollywood.com
Jane / X17 Online:
TOM CRUISE, KATIE HOLMES DIVORCE FINALIZED
Discussion: omg! and PerezHilton
Associated Press:
Court documents show Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes divorce case is closed
Discussion: Just Jared
TMZ.com:
IN ‘IDOL’ TALKS  —  Kanye West is negotiating with producers to become an “American Idol” judge ... TMZ has learned.  —  Sources close to the production tell TMZ, “Idol” honchos reached out to Kanye recently about filling one of the open judging spots ... and Kanye expressed interest.
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Ethan Sacks / NY Daily News:
Mariah Carey irate over idea of sharing ‘American Idol’ judges panel with Nicki Minaj: report
TMZ.com:
Judges Not a Done Deal And Mariah is PISSED
TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan — Allegedly Let Jewelry Thieves Into All-Night Party House  —  Allegedly Let Jewelry  —  Thieves Into House Party  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Lindsay Lohan brought 2 men to an uber-expensive Hollywood Hills mansion for an all-night house party, and the owner suspects the men robbed him blind ... TMZ has learned.
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Dominic Patten / Deadline.com:
‘2 Broke Girls’ Kat Dennings Back In ‘Thor 2’  —  EXCLUSIVE: The 2 Broke Girls star is coming back to hang out with the God of Thunder.  Kat Dennings will reprise her role as the techie Darcy Lewis for Thor: The Dark World.  While details are scant for the Marvel Studios' sequel …
Discussion: Hollywood.com
Natalie Portman / Us Weekly:
PIC: Natalie Portman Gets Naked in Sexy Dior Ad  —  Mrs. Benjamin Millepied is tres sexy!  —  Natalie Portman, who gave birth to son Aleph in June of last year and wed beau Millepied earlier this month, goes topless and gives the camera a seriously sultry stare in a just-released new ad for Dior beauty.
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
The Superficial:
January Jones Has A New Boyfriend  —  Despite her penchant for birthing spite babies and making the maid pretend they're hers, January Jones apparently has a new boyfriend and don't worry, I had the same questions as you: Who's he's married to?  And when's the new baby coming?  Here's what I found out: 1.
NY Daily News:
Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld play innkeeper as Jake Gyllenhaal hits the Hamptons for a screening  —  Katie Holmes saves the day with last-minute role for a reading; Rumer Willis and Jayson Blair toast her birthday  —  Jake Gyllenhaal was able to crash at Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld's place in the Hamptons over the weekend.
Discussion: PerezHilton
Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Kourtney Kardashian: “I Gained Nearly 45 Pounds” During Pregnancy  —  Blissed out with new daughter Penelope Scotland Disick, second-time mom Kourtney Kardashian is not sweating the post-baby body slimdown just yet, she recently told Us Weekly.  —  The 33-year-old reality star admits she's …
Discussion: Celeb Gossip …
Jennifer Still / Digital Spy:
Michael J Fox sitcom heads to NBC after ‘dramatic outbidding’  —  Michael J Fox will star in a sitcom inspired by his own life, to air on NBC, it has been confirmed.  —  NBC won the rights to the show after what New York Magazine described as a dramatic outbidding of rival networks on Monday, August 20.
Discussion: PerezHilton, Vulture and Gawker
Michael Ausiello / TVLine:
The Office to End This Season, Show's Boss Promises ‘All Questions Will Be Answered’  —  NBC is closing The Office after nine seasons.  —  In a conference call with reporters on Tuesday, exec producer Greg Daniels announced that the long-running comedy will conclude in May.
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Philiana Ng / Hollywood Reporter:   ‘The Office’ to End After Season 9
Amanda Bynes / TMZ.com:
Car Accident  —  Amanda Bynes was involved in yet another car accident Monday night ... TMZ has learned.  —  Bynes was driving in the San Fernando Valley at around 8 PM when a car rear-ended her rental.  The driver of the other car claims Amanda made a reckless maneuver that triggered the collision.
Jane / X17 Online:
SNOOKI SHOWS OFF HER MASSIVE BABY BUMP  —  Looks like someone is ready to pop!  —  Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi posted this photo of her with fiance Jionni LaValle on her Instagram account yesterday, and the Jersey Shore star's baby bump was on full display in a white maxi dress.
Discussion: Dailyfill
 
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Josiah Kamau / People.com:
Justin Theroux ‘Beaming’ During Night Out with Pals
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and PopSugar
Suzy Byrne / omg! from Yahoo!:
Jennifer Hudson's son is a ‘Smash’ on the set
Patrick Goldstein / Los Angeles Times:
The Big Picture: Wanted: a few good mavericks
Discussion: FishbowlLA and The Wrap
Paul Thompson / Daily Mail:
Why I'll NEVER go naked on film, by Blake Lively
Discussion: PerezHilton and Cele|bitchy
Bill Carter / Media Decoder:
ABC Sees a Contender in Jimmy Kimmel
Tim / Dailyfill:
Trailer: Vanessa Hudgens Strips, Nicolas Cage Hunts A Serial Killer In “Frozen Ground”
Discussion: PerezHilton
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Fashion magazines now airbrushing models to make them look ... fatter?
 Earlier Picks: 
Celebslam:
Jonah Hill and Michelle Trachtenburg are fighting. Um, okay.
Discussion: Yeeeah!
The Superficial:
Scarlett Johansson Looks Awesome Again
TMZ.com:
Rosie O'Donnell Receives Get-Well Message ... from Donald Trump?!!
Discussion: OK! Magazine and PerezHilton
Rachel Quigley / Daily Mail:
All forgiven?  Anderson Cooper and boyfriend Ben spark rumors of reconciliation after being …
Justin Ravitz / Us Weekly:
Giuliana, Bill Rancic Prep for Baby's Birth! »
Lauren Turner / PopSugar:
Exclusive: Kristen Stewart Emerges After Scandal - in a Crop Top!
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The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

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Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
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